2017 U.S. Chess Championship (St. Louis)

The U.S. Championship is set for its 9th edition at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. With three of the world’s top ten players, five-time champion Gata Kamsky, three-time champion Alexander Shabalov, 2006 champion Alexander Onischuk and the reigning World Junior Champion, Jeffery Xiong, the tournament continues to get stronger. The women’s competition features defending champion, Nazi Paikidze, seven-time champion Irina Krush, four-time champion Anna Zatonskih and a cadre of young scholastic players attempting to start a new era in women’s chess.

Official Site: uschesschamps.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/STLChessClub
PGN Games (TWIC): Open, Women

2017 U.S. Chess Championship Chess Club & Scholastic Center of St. Louis
U.S. Overall (by FIDE Rating)
#	Name	Title	Rating	Residence
1	So, Wesley	GM	2822	Minnetonka, Minnesota
2	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	2817	St. Louis, Missouri
3	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	2793	New York, New York
4	Xiong, Jeffery	GM	2675	Coppell, Texas
5	Robson, Ray	GM	2668	St. Louis, Missouri
6	Kamsky, Gata	GM	2668	Brooklyn, New York
7	Shankland, Sam	GM	2667	Orinda, California
8	Onischuk, Alex	GM	2667	Lubbock, Texas
10	Akobian, Varuzhan	GM	2647	North Hollywood, California
9	Naroditsky, Daniel	GM	2646	Foster City, California
11	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	GM	2605	St. Louis, Missouri
12	Shabalov, Alexander	GM	2564	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
U.S. Women (by FIDE Rating)
1	Zatonsih, Anna	IM	2451	Hartsdale, New York
2	Krush, Irina	GM	2444	Brooklyn, New York
3	Paikidze, Naik	IM	2369	Las Vegas, Nevada
4	Abrahamyan, Tatev	WGM	2364	Glendale, California
5	Nemcova, Katerina	WGM	2359	St. Louis, Missouri
6	Foisor, Sabina	WGM	2272	Lubbock, Texas
7	Virkud, Apurva	WFM	2262	Troy, Michigan
8	Sharevich, Anna	WGM	2257	St. Louis, Missouri
9	Yip, Carrisa	WFM	2234	Boston, Massachusetts
10	Yu, Jennifer	WIM	2196	Ashburn, Virginia
11	Nguyen, Emily	WIM	2173	Austin, Texas
12	Feng, Maggie	NM	2162	Columbus, Ohio
Francisco Guadeloupe, Arbiter